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RFC 1445 - 2.10. SNMPv2 Authenticated Management Communication

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### 2.10. SNMPv2 Authenticated Management Communication

A SNMPv2 authenticated management communication is a SNMPv2 management communication (see Section 2.9) for which the originating SNMPv2 party is (possibly) reliably identified and for which the integrity of the transmission of the communication is (possibly) protected. An authenticated management communication is represented by an ASN.1 value with the following syntax:

            SnmpAuthMsg ::= [1] IMPLICIT SEQUENCE {
              authInfo
                 ANY, -- defined by authentication protocol
              authData
                 SnmpMgmtCom
            }

For each SnmpAuthMsg value that represents a SNMPv2 authenticated management communication, the following statements are true:

- Its authInfo component is called the authentication information and represents information required in support of the authentication protocol used by the SNMPv2 party originating the message. The detailed significance of the authentication information is specific to the authentication protocol in use; it has no effect on the application semantics of the communication other than its use by the authentication protocol in determining whether the communication is authentic or not.

- Its authData component is called the authentication data and represents a SNMPv2 management communication.

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